jamesandjen

Hello! wow, I can't believe how behind we are on our blog! We are well, managing to keep up with Wimbledon at the mo and the Lions. We've just arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. But first we started in crazy Bangkok... Arrived after a fantastic flight with Thai Airways, borderline acceptable plane food and some awesome movies, to find that Jens bag hadnt made the flight (some part of Jen is always late) and we had to stick around Bangkok for a coupla days until it came on the next flight. BK is a crazy place, insanely busy and very overwhelming. We spent about 5 days there and did the usual tourist stuff; checked out some temples and Wats, shopped on the touristy Kho San Road and got driven around by the crazy tuk-tuks ... read more

Hey Everybody!!! Sorry its been so long but we have been real busy and most of our hotels dont have the Internet. I think last time we posted we had just joined our tour group in Lima, currently we are in Puno, a small port near Lake Titicaca on the Peru/Bolivia border, and tomorrow we are crossing over, so I will fill you in with what we have been up to over the last two weeks or so. From Lima we travelled south to Pisco, which was hit by an earthquake in 2007 that levelled 85% of the town and killed over 500 people. After many queries out tour guide said they always try to go back to support the local economy. We were all in agreement and determined to have a good time, until there ... read more